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Amy Corderoy

Amy is Health Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald. Before working at the Herald she worked as a freelance journalist and radio presenter, as well as writing for a number of publications for doctors. She also keeps a health blog at www.dailylife.com.au.

Amy Corderoy
Australian scientists have for the first time discovered how drugs could attack the abnormal "plaques" clustering in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, giving hope that new medicines...

Amy Corderoy
Doctors may feel uncomfortable discussing the issue of excess weight with patients or may not have the resources they need to do so, say the authors of new research, published in the Medical Journal...

Amy Corderoy
The Obesity Policy Coalition is warning parents that with the school holidays ending, they should not assume products like juice are healthy just because of claims that they have "less sugar" or are...

Amy Corderoy
Health bodies have slammed plans by commercial television to change advertising rules to allow more alcohol ads in prime time and sporting events, and to make it harder for people to complain about...

Amy Corderoy
A surgical oncologist has said Jessica Ainscough, a young woman who shunned conventional treatment for a rare form of cancer, was a victim of, and complicit in promoting, dangerous therapies.

Amy Corderoy
Charging people upfront fees for healthcare leads to higher costs and worse health outcomes yet is repeatedly brought back to life, the long-serving former head of England's National Health Service...

Amy Corderoy, Health editor
Many of our most commonly used drugs, from painkillers to antidepressants, are dangerous and are killing us off in large numbers, according to a leading researcher visiting Australia next week.

Amy Corderoy
Homeopaths who claim to be able to prevent whooping cough, have been put on notice after the federal court found a company selling homeopathic "vaccines" was engaging in misleading and deceptive...